Books by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
“It can be your first achievement when it comes to reading a French book, it’s less than 100 pages…It can be the first time you read a whole book in French. Also, Le Petit Prince is very poetic. If you lose a little bit the path of the story, there are many other stories. Maybe you will understand some parts and not others, but you can still like it and enjoy it.” Read more...
The Best Books for Learning French
Vincent Serrano-Guerra, Linguist
Interviews where books by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry were recommended
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The Little Prince
by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry -
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The Annotated Alice
by Lewis Carroll & Martin Gardner (Editor) -
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Logicomix: An Epic Search for Truth
by Apostolos Doxiadis and Christos H Papadimitriou -
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The Way of Nature (The Illustrated Library of Chinese Classics)
by Zhuangzi (aka Chuang Tzu), C. C. Tsai (illustrator) and Brian Bruya (translator) -
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The Philosopher Queens: The lives and legacies of philosophy's unsung women
by Lisa Whiting & Rebecca Buxton
The Best Illustrated Philosophy Books, recommended by Helen De Cruz
The Best Illustrated Philosophy Books, recommended by Helen De Cruz
Philosophy is a very verbal discipline with much effort made to express meaning through the very precise use of language. You might think that pictures wouldn’t get much of a look in, but you’d be wrong, as philosopher Helen de Cruz explains. She chooses five books where the philosophical meaning of the subjects under investigation are given greater depth and clarity with the use of illustrations, from ancient Chinese philosophy through to the philosopher queens of the 21st century.
The best books on Conservation and Hippos, recommended by Karen Paolillo
Karen has been studying the hippos in Zimbabwe full-time since 1993. In this interview she talks sustainable conservation and selects five excellent books as further reading including Born Free and The Little Prince
The Best Books for Learning French, recommended by Vincent Serrano-Guerra
In spite of all the online ads promising to teach you a new language in a matter of minutes, learning a language takes time and commitment—and motivation is critical. Here Vincent Serrano-Guerra, author of a book for learning French that focuses on the 20,000 words that are the same in French and English, explains how best to set about it and recommends some books that’ll also get you familiar with French culture.